drunker than a skunk

Definitions

Adjective. [C2]

Examples

“His eyes were warm. "Get⟳ a slug of liquor for that tooth." He turned away and walked back to the bus. She'd be drunker than a skunk when he got back, but maybe that would blow⟳ out her tubes and she'd feel⟳ better. He would sleep⟳ in Norma's bed if Alice passed out. He couldn't stand⟳ the smell⟳ of her when she was drunk.”

“I was drunker than a skunk. I was three sheets to the wind. What a bagful. Right to the gills.”

“Lieutenant McGuire, the boat officer, was gung-ho and he came along and just shook his head because here was his gunner's mate drunker than a skunk.”

“["]He'd come⟳ home from school for a visit⟳, and he said you—" I threw a hasty arm over my brother's shoulders, sheepish as a youngster caught stealing a cookie. "Ain't no reason⟳ to recollect on that." "You got drunker than a skunk." "And threw up for what felt like⟳ days straight."”

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